ABOUT SMARTNET

Since 1997 SmartNet has facilitated knowledge sharing, innovation and networking across sector boundaries through short live events supported by online resources. SmartNet is a division of Lyall Lukey Resources Ltd, established in 1987.

Since 2007 eleven Education Leaders Forums have been run under the SmartNet umbrella. Convened by Lyall Lukey the annual ELF series involves education leaders and aspiring leaders from across the learning spectrum from early childhood to post-tertiary education.

EDUCATION LEADERS FORUM

SEISMICS AND THE CITY

Seismics and the Cityis an annual series of forums involving public, private and community sector organisations engaged in the re-building and revitalisation of Greater Christchurch in the wake of the earthquakes of 2010-11. The first forum was held in March 2012, one year and one month after the devastating February 2011 earthquake.

#ELF2018 Vaughan Rowsell @nzvorn Children's Charity @OMGTechRangers is about giving kids the opportunity to be the creators of tech. Great to see young students running a workshop for the #ELF2018 participants

#ELF2018 Day one - Valuing Educators has concluded. Thank you to the inspiring and thought provoking presenters and the ongoing dialogue between participants - an awesome opportunity to share knowledge and network with purpose together.

#ELF2018 Prof Mere Berryman @waikato Presentation "Moving beyond the Rhetoric - Promoting a Pedagogy for Belonging" explored what a nationwide sample of senior Maori students said is required if schools are to achieve this vision of belonging.

#ELF2018@Xanthe_S Principal, McAuley High, AKL. Along-side Adrianne Alton-Lee, she has worked with @EducationGovtNZ Best Evidence Synthesis This work has become part of the facia of assessment practice in NZ secondary schools with the ongoing growth of e-practice in classroom.

#ELF2018 Presentation by @Xanthe_S Professional Change Leadership – Learning Logs: What works and why?... based on her work with the @EducationGovtNZ of Education’s Best Evidence Synthesis on e-based Learning Logs and raising student achievement.

#ELF2018 Paula Tesoriero, Disability Rights Commissioner @NZHumanRights Presentation: Focusing on Abilities-Opening minds, developing skills and shifting up a gear. Her top priorities in the role is improving educational outcomes for disabled students.

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We’ve just added some fantastic new speakers to the ELF18 programme and we welcome on board Otago Polytechnic as a Supporter – alongside The Wright Family Foundation, Ministry of Education and University of Canterbury.

Lyall Lukey – Opinion Piece Education Central 24 May 2108 What is needed downstream of the two recent Education Summits and The Education Conversation-Kōrero Mātauranga which closes on 31 May, are on-going live and online opportunities for continuing dialogue and feedback Read More at May the TaskForce be with you

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If the Education Conversation – Kōrero Mātauranga it is to be more than a tick-the-box consultation the dialogue needs to be anchored to a sound evidential foundation. Educators and others now have access to a large body of new information about brain function, how humans learn and effective professional development, among other things…. Beyond talking the […]